New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-01-27
GILBERT AND SULLIvAws NEW OPERA.
ARRIVAL or THE LIBRETTO, SCORE. SKETCHES ETC.
SURE OF rs SUCCESS HERE.

ARRIVAL or THE IJBRETTO, SCORE, SKETCHES, ETC
SURE OF rs SUCCESS HERE.
Tn John Stetson's private Office Mt the Fifth Avenue
Theatre Yesterday Colonel john A. McCauIl, Frank
Mosemau and Mr. stetson spent three or four hours to
their mutual advantage. Dir. Moseman is acting here
IA DOyly Cartes agent and the business trans
was the making of final arrangements concerning Gil
bert and Suivans new comic opera winch was pro-
duced at the Savoy Theatre last Saturday night the
Cunard steamer which arrived yesterday brought
tain manuscri pts aud sketches which have beeu
anxiousy awaited by the two American managers
wno will introduce knddygore, 2r Inc Witcaes'
consisted of tue final contracts the bretto and score
and the final sketches of cOstu nes The contracts
read and signed BY agent an" S ey x
produce the opera at the Fifth Avenue Theatre, while
Colonel McCaull will almost simultaneously offer 1t to
an audience ut his philadelphia theatre. Then the
II will probably cost me $751; 900 to get up these
coslumes," said Mr. Stetson, while toe scenery will
not fail far short Of 81, 900 or $4,000"
The dresses of the male chorus in the hrst act are
the uniforms of the various English regiments and
sec ions Of the naval forces no two OF them being
alike and some of them being particularly gorgeous
peusive the procession Of ghostly ancestors including
representatives of every epoch since the Conqmeror
Quite an object lesson in Engllsh history, OBJ
served Colonel McCaul. As to the scenery not only
will the first set representing an English village with
o wharf ami lighthouse In the Instance, entail mnch
work and artistic painting, but the last act apparently
SIM lie though the oaken chamber may be, will re-
oure large oxpendture on account Of what Is tech
nically termed the +" trick -" nature OF the scene.
However, both those most interested in the matter
seemed to think the question OF iniutl expense .
trivial matter They are convinced that the opera
will please the public and draw large houses. They
reason on facts too when they make this statement,
for q cable dispatch received yesterday from Dir.
Carte contains the cheering that there is not
seat left IN the Savoy Theatre box office for month to
come, while they are already selling two months
ahead. 1t pointed out yesterday by Colone Nc
Cau that the only London paper which wrote tho
per ormanoe down a failure was The Times" all
the others speaking of t syOraby As TO the allie ed
dis abstraction in the ga lery he SAID
| have no doubt some people there wanted TO SEQ
the MkadO.' That opera had by no means III Lon.
and produced by every small opera company IN tho
kingdom. Tho opera followed without n break
and some Mikado enthusiasts were doubtless cha
grned to see their favOrte removed As 10 us sue
heard its title found fault WITH but Mt the worst
title Ia net going to Kill good opera even II IA not
"a effective a. it might be. l think, however, that
IRuddygore IL q fistrate name. 1t attracts atten
ton wh,vh il the first dcsideratum IN the name OF q
pl,y OF opera, and it will look extremely well on
three-shet poster If know anything of the matter.
The music Is admittedly the best Sulya has pro-
duced, the story il excellent one aud the dresses
are wonderfully rich and picturesque. am not
brttins man. but should like o bet 10 cents on tho
success OF the opera wherever IT Is done in America
To all of this Mr. Stetson practically said ditto"
adding however that his only fear that the opera
at the Fifth Avenue would too tar into the hot
weather Alt0g ether there an air o eation over
the little company which seemed TO make all bint or
fail ire woiuily out OF place As Colonel McCaull
picked up the brown paper parcel CONTAINING the
ibretto and OF the opera he smiled a 81 lie OF
exceeding satisfaction and murmured. You cOnldnt
buy this from $50 600" No one present made
a higher BID and lac peacefully departed.